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LIDS is at the forefront of advancements in computing technology applied to numerous domains, including aerospace, business processes, telecommunications, information technology, the automotive, energy, defense, and human health sectors.
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An interdepartmental research center committed to research and education advancing computing with information and decision sciences, towards inventing new computing methodologies that will power future systems with significant social or physical dynamics.
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Founded in 1940 under its original name, "Servomechanism Lab," LIDS is the longest continuously-running lab at MIT. Explore our timeline.
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LIDS research ranges from development of basic theory, methodologies, algorithms, and computational infrastructures to adaptations of this work for challenging applications in a broad array of fields.
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LIDS research is typically cross-cutting, usually involving a combination of problems and tools within four main focus areas.
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LIDS PIs engage in research across a broad range of fields, from Reinforcement Learning, Sequential Decision Making, and Learning for Control, to Autonomy and Control Theory, and Statistics and Statistical Inference.
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In addition to building on the knowledge base in our main focus areas, LIDS plays a key role in identifying novel directions and advancing the state of the art in several impact areas.
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